Platform WatchJune 25, 2026via Vercel Blog
Vercel Ship Berlin 2026 recap
Why it matters
Vercel is positioning itself as the full-stack platform for agentic software, not just web apps. The 17x growth in agent-triggered deployments signals real traction, and the AI SDK 7 launch with durable execution, tool approvals, and multi-provider support addresses the operational complexity of running agents at scale.
Key signals
- Agent deployments grew 17x in 6 months (from <3% to 51% of Vercel deployments)
- AI SDK 7 released with reasoning control, typed runtime, durable execution, and tool approvals
- Vercel running 100+ agents in production internally
- AI SDK downloaded 16M times per week
- Vercel Services (new offering) launching July 1 for unified frontend/backend deployment
- Vercel Passport and Agent (private beta) for enterprise identity and production incident response
- Astra AI case study: 10M users, $25M ARR fully bootstrapped using Vercel agents
- Lead Agent (SDR agent) performs at 90th percentile, costs $5K/year, reduced SDR team from 10 to 1
The hook
17x growth in 6 months. Vercel's agent deployments just hit a tipping point—and they're betting the next decade of software gets built on agentic infrastructure.
Vercel Ship Berlin 2026 opened at the Old Mint, “Alte Münze”, where coins were once hammered by hand, before automation took over. It’s also where the JavaScript logo was born, and where Guillermo Rauch (CEO) met Malte Ubl (CTO) for the first time at JSConf EU.
Software is moving the same way, from hand to machine. For a decade, Vercel has shaped how the web is built. Now, we’re doing the same for agents. The companies that win the next decade will build on infrastructure designed for agents from the start. Over 500 people gathered from across Germany to do just that at Vercel Ship Berlin 2026.
Malte kicked off Ship Berlin by sharing the vision for Vercel: a true full-stack platform where you can deploy anything, including software that can think. We're writing less code by hand, but more ideas are coming to life than ever before.
“Six months ago, less than 3% of Vercel's deployments were triggered by coding agents. Since then, that number has grown 17x.”
Every new generation of software demands a new generation of infrastructure. Websites and apps used to respond to user input with logic; now they have agents inside them that understand intent and act on their own. Agentic software needs , and that's exactly what Vercel is building.agentic infrastructure
The is anchored by , alongside the , now serving over a trillion tokens a day, Workflow SDK for durable runs, Vercel Sandbox for isolated code execution, and Chat SDK for Slack, Teams, and Google Chat. gives agents short-lived, scoped access to systems like GitHub and Salesforce with no standing secrets. , Vercel's open-source framework, ties the stack together so every agent is a single directory.Agent StackAI SDK 7AI GatewayVercel Connecteve
Vercel now runs the whole backend: frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, Express, and Hono, MCP servers and Marketplace databases including Amazon Aurora, Aurora DSQL, DynamoDB, and OpenSearch. The new piece is , launching July 1, which lets you develop and deploy your frontend a...